At ‘enormous economic and social costs’
Billionaire Hungarian investor George Soros has accused Chinese dictator Xi Jingping of being the “greatest threat that open societies face today.” The remarks were made during a speech at the Hoover Institution last week. “2022 will be a critical year in the history of the world,” said Soros. “In a few days, China – the […]
A “turning point”?
A group of environment-focused economists in Germany have called for massive tax hikes on meat products to combat climate change, even as food prices surge due to inflation. According to researchers from TU Berlin’s Chair of Sustainable Use of Natural Resources, the government should move to limit meat consumption to “attain greenhouse gas neutrality.” “Livestock […]
Covid rules
Hollywood actor Sean Penn has said that men are “cowardly” for giving up their masculinity, saying that males should not have to become “feminised” to show respect to women. The remarks were made last week during an interview with the Independent, where Penn was asked about prior remarks he had made regarding masculinity in society. […]
U-turn from Government
The Chair of the Bioethics Commission of Austria is considering vaccine mandates for other diseases in addition to Covid-19. Christiane Druml said that mandatory vaccination against diseases such as measles, whooping cough or the flu should be considered. “The Covid-19 vaccination requirement could be the starting signal for a new attempt to better protect people […]
Pharmaceutical giant Moderna, working with the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) nonprofit, have begun human trials of their experimental HIV vaccine last week, beginning the first phase of clinical trials. “We are tremendously excited to be advancing this new direction in HIV vaccine design with Moderna’s mRNA platform,” said IAVI CEO Mark Feinberg in a […]
‘Benefits did not outweigh risks’
‘Not to blame’ for infections?
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